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Not all warnings are irrelevant. Who knew?
You know those labels that say to test [product] on a small area and watch for reactions, even if you’ve used the product before? I always laughed at them, because who develops allergies out of the blue?
Me, that’s who. To a certain brand of laundry detergent. I’ve never been allergic to anything before, and… ouch. Couldn’t I have learned this by just putting on a pair of socks? Oh no… socks, jeans, sweater, gloves… all itchified and ugly. Ow. Ow. Ow.
I didn’t, obviously, ride today. I was supposed to… but no.
There was some good news, though. One of the trainers headed down to Thermal today, and we moved all the horses from the smaller barn into the main barn. I do think it’s very cool for everyone who is going down to show or who sent their horses down to show. And for the barn as a whole. And all of that. But, selfishly, right now I’m excited because it will make feeding so much easier. No more carts up and down the hill! No more hauling the hose out to fill the stock tank! No more hauling buckets of water that I (invariably) spill!
I’m so excited I could dance, but I think I’ll hold off on that until this allergic reaction disappears.
Yikes. Who knew laundry detergent could be so evil?
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On Jan 8, 2007, Learninghorses (Jerri) said:
Ok, I admit, I knew that. Always buy detergent free of dyes and perfumes, that will help. If you have started now, it will probably get worse especially with soaps, lotions, make-up, etc. Just buy sensitive skin and the dye free stuff, that will definately help. It started with me in my 20’s.